One would not call them intimate at this stage, but certainly the mutual interest between wireless LANs and video applications is growing. Companies and consumers have deployed a growing number of WLANs to support a variety of data applications, such as electronic mail and Web browsing. Users are starting to dabble with video transmissions, but these applications present a challenge because WLANs have lacked the bandwidth and the quality of service (QoS) functions to handle that traffic.
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The Courtship of Video and Wireless Networks Has Begun
Posted by: Paul Korzeniowski September 4, 2004 01:30 AMOne would not call them intimate at this stage, but certainly the mutual interest between wireless LANs and video applications is growing. Companies and consumers have deployed a growing number of WLANs to support a variety of data applications, such as electronic mail and Web browsing. Users are starting to dabble with video transmissions, but these applications present a challenge because WLANs have lacked the bandwidth and the quality of service (QoS) functions to handle that traffic.